untainted

/ (ʌnˈteɪntɪd) /

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not tarnished, contaminated, or pollutedhe was untainted by the scandal

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unsweetened, unswerving, unsympathetic, unsystematized delusion, untack, untainted, untalented, untamable, untamed, untangle, untapped

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Big critic Neil Barofsky was ‘untainted by financial knowledge.’
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Judges too want their 15 minutes of fame, outcomes untainted by media hype be damned.
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He and his band are untainted by political skullduggery and economic interest, not to mention accusations of theft.
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They may be the kind of scandal that requires a thorough investigation untainted by even the suspicion of bias.
Secret Service Targeted by Independent Watchdog|Aram Roston|April 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Short on experience but untainted by Washington, this one is in touch with the people.
She Is Running!|Mark McKinnon|July 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He maintained that no attainment can be made, and no virtue can remain untainted, without learning.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
It will not be supposed that the church escaped untainted, amidst all these causes of corruption.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
And the virtue of healing by laying on of hands existed in particular noble families of untainted blood.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
According to all accounts it is a good lake for fish, and its shores are untainted by the habitations of man.
Three in Norway|James Arthur Lees
Your moral character is untainted: the very nature of your sufferings, as you will observe, demonstrates that.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson

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